Rabbi Neal Katz is an active artist on the Jewish Music scene. Originally from Virginia Beach, VA, Neal has been involved with Jewish music for over fourteen years. He grew up in the youth groups and summer camps of the Reform Movement and has song-led for three summers in Israel working with teen Israel trips. Also, Neal has led music for numerous youth group conclaves and congregational services, b'nai mitzvah, Sunday School programs, and retreats around the East Coast and Midwest. In addition to three summers as the student rabbi and songleader at Camp Ben Frankel in Carbondale, IL, Neal songled for a Progressive Jewish Summer camp in the Former Soviet Union in the summer of 1999. He has a passion for Jewish music and getting people singing. Currently, he is rabbi of Congregation Beth El in Tyler, TX. With his wife, Jennifer Katz, they have a two-year old son, Micah and a newborn baby girl named Lila. She was born on May 12, 2003.
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